Lim Hyesook

Lim Hye-sook (; born 1963) is a South Korean electronics engineering professor at Ewha Womans University served as Minister of Science and ICT under President Moon Jae-in from 2021 to 2022. Lim was the first woman to lead the country's science ministry.

Education Lim earned her bachelor's and master's degrees in engineering from the Department of Control and Instrumentation at Seoul National University and a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin.

In 2020, Lim was elected chair of the Institute of Electronics and Information Engineers - the first woman in its over-70-year history.

In May 2021, Lim signed the Artemis Accord on behalf of the Ministry and the government officially joining moon exploration project with nine other countries.

Lim was previously Moon's Chairperson of one of the Ministry's child agencies, the National Research Council of Science and Technology, which oversees 25 government-funded research institutes in the field such as Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute and Korea Aerospace Research Institute. Lim was the youngest and the first woman to lead the council.

Awards

Science and Technology Medal by the government of South Korea (2020) Stars in Computer Networking and Communications by N2Women (2019) Woman Scientist/Engineer of the Year Award by then-Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (2014) 2025 class of IEEE Fellows